The Empire Club AddressesThere is only one Canadian Speakers’ Forum of Record. Every Empire Club of Canada event delivers a stimulating, often scintillating experience consistently rich with ideas, ideals, insight, and engagement about some aspect of our lives and world.http://speeches.empireclub.org/atomThe Empire Club Addresseshttp://images.ourontario.ca/Partners/EmpireClub/Graphics/atomtile2_ECC_s_104.png2011-03-02T10:52:54Z1820
Ontario’s 2008–2009 Budget
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Ontario’s 2008–2009 Budget
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The presentation of the 2008-09 Ontario budget to the legislature yesterday. Stronger-than-expected growth in 2007. The growth expected in 2008. Some sectors facing serious difficulties. Factors affecting growth forecasts and creating uncertainty. The government maintaining its approach....http://speeches.empireclub.org/65352/data
The Hon. Dwight Duncan
Empire Club of Canada
2009-09-04T16:58:56Z
The Ontario Budget
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The Ontario Budget
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A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto.
The budget as a collective process. The budget being well received. What the speaker liked best about the budget. A budget that truly reflects the values of the people of this province. Education and health care....http://speeches.empireclub.org/62980/data
Sorbara, The Hon. Greg
Empire Club of Canada
2009-07-16T09:22:07.950Z
The Ontario Budget
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The Ontario Budget
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A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto.
Details of Ontario`s new budget. No new taxes or tax increases. Encouraging business investment. Additional investment in health care. Increase in funding for universities and colleges. Doubling student aid....http://speeches.empireclub.org/62931/data
McGuinty, The Hon. Dalton
Empire Club of Canada
2009-07-16T09:21:59.902Z
Post-Budget Address
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Post-Budget Address
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The speaker's first budget as the Minister of Finance for the province of Ontario. Responsible choices. The importance of tackling our debt. Providing first and foremost for the most vulnerable people in our society. Examples of what the speaker's government is doing for our most vulnerable...http://speeches.empireclub.org/62824/data
Flaherty, The Hon. James M.
Empire Club of Canada
2009-07-16T09:05:42.478Z
The Ontario Budget
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The Ontario Budget
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A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. Some history of Ontario budgets. Changes since 1967. Budgets about values and choices. Cutting taxes to create jobs, with specifics. Paying down debt. Strengthening universally accessible health-care system,...http://speeches.empireclub.org/62731/data
Ecker, The Hon. Janet
Empire Club of Canada
2009-07-16T09:05:27.431Z
The Annual Post-Budget Address
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The Annual Post-Budget Address
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Reference to the speaker's first budget five years ago. The fifth budget of the speaker as Minister of Finance. Balancing the budget as the right thing to do. How all the numbers balance. How the dollars and cents translate into human terms. Thinking in terms of human values - people and...http://speeches.empireclub.org/62710/data
Eves, The Hon. Ernie
Empire Club of Canada
2009-07-16T09:05:23.792Z
The Ontario Budget
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The Ontario Budget
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A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. A recap of Mr. Eves' speech from the previous year. The goals as set out in that address. The plan working. The future. Balancing the budget. The falling deficit. Structural changes to the way the province works....http://speeches.empireclub.org/62434/data
Eves, The Hon. Ernie
Empire Club of Canada
2009-07-16T09:04:40.216Z
Politics and Government in Ontario
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Politics and Government in Ontario
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Comments on the Ontario budget, presented two days previous. Concern over the deficit, municipal cutbacks, and increases in OHIP premiums. A review of Dr. Smith's fundamental concerns about the Canadian and Ontario economies, the increase in our balance of trade deficit regarding...http://speeches.empireclub.org/62004/data
Smith, Dr. Stuart L.
Empire Club of Canada
2009-07-16T09:03:31.992Z
The Ontario Budget
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The Ontario Budget
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A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto.
The tradition of making a post-budget speech. Budget initiatives. Goals of the speaker's political party. The Common Sense Revolution. The announcement of an additional 36 tax cuts. The total number of tax...http://speeches.empireclub.org/61902/data
Eves, The Hon. Ernie
Empire Club of Canada
2009-07-16T09:03:15.877Z
The Ontario Budget—a Deterrent to Gross Inflationary Trends
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The Ontario Budget—a Deterrent to Gross Inflationary Trends
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The deterrence of gross inflationary trends the major purpose of the Ontario budget. A detailed discussion of that budget follows. Some major topics include the land speculation tax and the land transfer tax described as innovative and pioneering measures in an effort to control land...http://speeches.empireclub.org/61838/data
Davis, The Honourable William G.
Empire Club of Canada
2009-07-16T09:03:04.719Z
The Ontario Budget
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The Ontario Budget
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The Ontario budget for 1993. Expenditure reductions, social contract, tax and revenue increases. Focus on concerns for health care and education. Deficit reduction.
The Ontario budget for 1993. Expenditure reductions, social contract, tax and revenue increases. Focus on concerns for...http://speeches.empireclub.org/61761/data
Laughren, The Hon. Floyd
Empire Club of Canada
2009-07-16T09:02:52.722Z
The Impact of Federal Tax Reform on the Province of Ontario
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The Impact of Federal Tax Reform on the Province of Ontario
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Comments on the recent address by Michael Wilson, Minister for Finance for Canada. A review of the budget, described as "not exciting." Implications of the budget for Ontario. Activity as a result of Ontario's competitive edge. A review of this and other economic activity in Ontario. Plans...http://speeches.empireclub.org/61718/data
Nixon, The Honourable Robert
Empire Club of Canada
2009-07-16T09:02:46.143Z
Making a Budget
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Making a Budget
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A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto.
What a budget is. Priorities of the 1992 budget for Ontario. Three top priorities: supporting jobs; maintaining essential public services; and controlling the deficit. The budget in a larger context. Some...http://speeches.empireclub.org/61682/data
Laughren, The Hon. Floyd
Empire Club of Canada
2009-07-16T09:02:40.503Z
The 1990 Ontario Budget
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The 1990 Ontario Budget
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A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto.
Ontario's fiscal position and economic projections in the Budget. Some budget and spending details. Concern over the rate of growth. Prediction of reduction in real growth with a levelling out. Paying the bills....http://speeches.empireclub.org/61361/data
Nixon, The Hon. Robert
Empire Club of Canada
2009-07-16T09:01:49.798Z
Restoring Ontario's Economic Strength
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Restoring Ontario's Economic Strength
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A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto.
Address just days after the speaker presented to the legislature the Ontario government's fiscal and economic plan. A plan that "starts the process of restoring Ontario's economic strength, rebuilding confidence...http://speeches.empireclub.org/61296/data
Eves, The Hon. Ernie
Empire Club of Canada
2009-07-16T09:01:40.229Z
Ontario's 1994 Budget
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Ontario's 1994 Budget
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Keeping promises and sticking to the plan. Reducing the deficit and getting Ontario back to work. No increase of taxes. Cutting payroll taxes to create 12,000 jobs in Ontario. Clearing the way for better access to capital. Cutting red tape, adopting new technology, and getting rid of...http://speeches.empireclub.org/60921/data
Laughren, The Hon. Floyd
Empire Club of Canada
2009-07-16T09:00:41.606Z
The Ontario Provincial Budget
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The Ontario Provincial Budget
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A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto.
Reference to the length of the Budget Speech and how only part of it was covered by television. The message sent to Ontarians through the budget. The speaker's government keeping its promises. Cutting taxes to...http://speeches.empireclub.org/60230/data
Eves, The Honourable Ernie
Empire Club of Canada
2009-07-16T08:58:54.506Z
The 1991 Ontario Budget
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The 1991 Ontario Budget
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A joint meeting of the Empire Club of Canada and the Canadian Club of Toronto.
Concern, but not alarm, about the deficit. A review of spending by the government of Ontario in the following areas: Social Assistance, Health and Education, Anti-Recession Program, Debt Interest, New Programs...http://speeches.empireclub.org/60011/data
Laughren, The Hon. Floyd
Empire Club of Canada
2009-07-16T08:58:20.361Z